Tag: storytelling
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Becoming What High School Me Wanted to See in the World
An essay I wrote in high school is exactly why I’m publishing the BECOMING anthology today—it’s all about bringing people together.
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My Most Interactive Story Yet: The Zombie Adoption Program
I’ve been telling stories my entire life, but I’ve never worked on an interactive one. That’s changing with the Zombie Adoption Program!
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Linktober!
From the end of the G-spot to strippers taking control to zombie adoption and beyond, let’s check out some mufukkin’ October links.
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Bare! True Stories of Sex, Desire, and Romance
(Note that I used the Oxford comma in that title even though the event itself does not. Because I am a staunch traditionalist when it comes to commas. Which is a plea for you to hire me to copyedit your book.) Moving on! I will be telling a (hilarious) story of sex and desire, but…
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Shameless Self Endorsement
Lots going on this week, now that I’m out from under the cloud of horrible awful sickness that nabbed me last week/weekend. I’m trying to keep ahead of the curve and not get sick again, but MAN would it help if spring would just show its face! Uck! So sick of single digit windchills and…
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The Red Umbrella Diaries: A Show and a Documentary About Sex Work (and really about healing)
You’ve probably heard stories about sex workers. Whether as the subjects tasteless jokes or sob stories of abuse and addiction, sex workers hold an almost mythological place in our culture, as a work force that exists under layer upon layer of taboo, and off the books, in the United States. News stories surface from time…
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SPILL! tonight at Public Assembly (featuring me!)
Tuesday, May 28, 8-10pm, free! Public Assembly, 70 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 384-4586 Please note: this month we are meeting upstairs in the Loft. Each month, Spill! brings together storytellers, comedians, sex educators and others to share true tales from their own experiences of queer sex, desire and romance. With stories as…
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Spill! at Fontana’s Tomorrow Night
Come out to Fontana’s on the LES/Chinatown border tomorrow night to see me tell a Spill! Story of Queer Sex and Desire! Details below: Spill! True Stories of Queer Sex, Desire and Romance Tuesday, July 17, 8-10pm, $8 Fontana’s, 105 Eldridge Street, New York, New York 10002 212/334-6740 Each month, Spill! brings together storytellers, comedians,…
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Tuesday Links of (Varying Degrees of) Awesome
Hello again, folks! I’m pretty busy this week, getting ready for the big reading Wednesday night and dealing with power outages at home (no power last night = no blogging and no AC!), so now’s a great time for some link magic! 1) SO AWESOME I’M GETTING JUICY: I’m not one to get caught up…
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Storytelling is a Rush
Last night I was graciously given my first-ever on-stage storytelling opportunity! I got up in front of a bunch of mostly-strangers (a few friendly faces graced the audience, and thank you SO MUCH to those who came out!) on the stage of Union Hall and told a very personal story about how I first fell…